public static function connect()
 {
     global $db;
     $serverName = $db['dbhost'] . ', ' . $db['dbport'];
     //serverName\instanceName, portNumber (default is 1433)
     $connectionInfo = array("Database" => $db['dbname'], "UID" => $db['dbuser'], "PWD" => $db['dbpass']);
     $conn = sqlsrv_connect($serverName, $connectionInfo);
     if ($conn) {
         self::$dbConnect = $conn;
         return $conn;
     } else {
         self::$error = sqlsrv_errors();
         return false;
     }
 }